Oakleigh Plate winner Russian Revolution has been retired from racing and will take up stud duties at Newgate Farm in NSW. The four-year-old claimed his second Group One sprint on Saturday with his Oakleigh Plate victory at Caulfield. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Russian Revolution also won the 2017… Read More »
Champion sprinter Chautauqua will have another attempt at a barrier trial after twice refusing to jump out of the gates in two heats at Randwick. The seven-year-old has a history of coming out of the barriers slowly but on Tuesday he decided he wanted no part of his 1050m-heat won… Read More »
The Darren Weir-trained Humidor is the topweight for the Doncaster Mile with 58 kilograms while Japanese horse Fame Game heads the handicaps for the Sydney Cup, also with 58kg. The winner of last year’s Australian Cup and Makybe Diva Stakes, Humidor got to within a long neck of champion Winx… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is in no rush to confirm whether Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By will contest the Golden Slipper. Unbeaten in three starts, Written By gave Begg his first Group One win since he returned after a break from training and set up on the Mornington Peninsula in… Read More »
A meeting between the trainer and owners will determine the path of imported Japanese galloper Brave Smash after he collected his maiden Group One at Caulfield. The Darren Weir-trained Brave Smash, ridden by Craig Williams, held off stablemate Tosen Stardom to win Saturday’s Futurity Stakes (1400m). Both horses began their… Read More »
Winx is one of 13 entries for the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes with her trainer Chris Waller nominating five of the champion’s stablemates for the 1600m-race at Randwick. The mare’s return had been delayed until Saturday with her regular jockey Hugh Bowman suspended. Connections opted not to run her… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has confirmed dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown will ride two-year-olds Ef Troop and Outback Barbie in their Golden Slipper lead-up races in Sydney. But a final hit-out for the two before they head to south is still up in the air as south east Queensland’s… Read More »
Stewards will study the evidence in the bi-carb case which has rocked Victorian racing before deciding whether any parties have a case to answer in NSW. Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel said they had received the brief of evidence from Racing Victoria and would study it over the… Read More »
A weight drop for Missrock in the Newmarket Handicap has trainer Robbie Laing eagerly awaiting the Group One sprint. Laing is expecting Missrock to receive 52kg in the $1.25 million sprint on the straight course at Flemington on March 10.. Missrock finished third behind Redkirk Warrior and Redzel in the… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has no regrets about the delayed start to Winx’s autumn campaign ahead of the champion’s return for a defence of the Chipping Norton Stakes. She will be the odds-on favourite to take her Group One tally to an Australian record 16 and her winning streak to 23…. Read More »
Leading Victorian trainer Troy Corstens has leapt to the defence of an apprentice jockey who was targeted in a nasty social media attack on Friday night. Young jockey Liam Riordan was the subject of an abusive Facebook message following his second place finish on Divine Command at Moonee Valley on Friday night…. Read More »
Kementari has moved closer to fulfilling his Group One destiny, with a decisive win in the Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill over a field featuring Sydney’s best three-year-old colts and geldings. The Godolphin owned and bred Kementari was sent out the $3.20 favourite in Saturday’s Group Two race over 1400m, with… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has returned to the big stage in Australian racing while jockey Jordan Childs has claimed his first Group One win with brilliant colt Written By in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Written By made it three wins from as many starts, blowing away his rivals in Saturday’s $1.5… Read More »
Russian Revolution has racked up his second Group One win in a tight finish to the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained four-year-old was sent off the $4.60 favourite and after racing wide dug in the final 300m of Saturday’s 1100m sprint to beat Snitty Kitty ($9)… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir has landed a Group One quinella with two Japanese imports at Caulfield. Brave Smash and Tosen Stardom have given Victoria’s leading trainer Saturday’s Futurity Stakes (1400m). He also trained fast-finishing fourth placegetter Humidor. Brave Smash’s victory provided Weir with back-to-back Futurity victories, having won last year with… Read More »
For trainer Ron Quinton, keeping his two best horses apart is not easy but the first leg has paid off with Daisy Doom’s narrow win in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes. A week after Daysee Doom’s victory at Rosehill on Saturday, Dixie Blossoms will run in the Group Two… Read More »
Group One winner Silent Sedition has shown her class in the Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield, winning the Group Three race for mares’ for the second-straight year. After Silent Sedition finished fifth in her return from a spell in the Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield two weeks ago, trainer Andrew Noblet opted… Read More »
Magic Millions winner Sunlight has strengthened her grip on the Golden Slipper with a stirring victory at Rosehill over Estijaab. There was a neck between the two fillies in Saturday’s Group Two Silver Slipper (1100m), with the pair clearing out from the pack in the straight. The Hawkes Racing-trained Estijaab… Read More »
Summer Sham has progressed to stakes company and maintained her unbeaten record with an all-the-way win at Caulfield. After victories at her first two starts at Ballarat and Moonee Valley, Summer Sham collected Saturday’s Group Two Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m), adding important black type to her pedigree page for a… Read More »
Overshare and Wild Heart have given the Hawkes Racing stable a one-two finish in the Group Three Zeditave Stakes at Caulfield. Overshare, ridden by Dwayne Dunn, got home by a long neck in Saturday’s 1200m race for three-year-olds over his stablemate but the winner and runner-up then had to survive… Read More »
